Favourite Kit: Lawrence Kendrick

Sony MDR-ZX770BN

My latest acquisition. With Bluetooth, noise cancellation, hands-free calls and 13-hour battery life. Perfect for the commute to and from work every day and I can plug them into a standard audio jack if the battery ever runs out or if I need higher quality than the Bluetooth can manage. Excellent sounding cans with a ton of nice features.

Aether Cone

A Spotify Connect-, Bluetooth- and AirPlay-enabled speaker. It has eight hours of battery life so you can use it in the kitchen while cooking, then plug it in to charge and play tunes while you eat. You can control it online so I can be on the bus and still bully my missus at home by setting it to play Rick Astley on a loop.

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

A credit-card-sized open-source PC with Bluetooth, wi-fi and a 64-bit quad-core processor. It’s the cornerstone of a bunch of tinkering projects. I was using it as a jukebox until I got the Aether Cone, so it’s being repurposed as a little home security box at the moment.

Zoom H2N

This neat little field recorder travels with me everywhere to record bits and bobs that will be useful in the studio or to pair with my GoPro for more crispy audio. I’ve been collecting some great surround-sound ambiences with it lately. It’s recently been updated to be compatible with YouTube’s Spatial Audio spec so it’s handy for playing with virtual reality audio too.

GoPro Hero4 Silver

My trekking-around-the-world camera. I’ve got a bunch of batteries and SD cards in my bag so I can document my travels and fun times. I’m currently trying to edit down about 100GB of footage from my trip to Canada. The GorillaPod tripod is great for jamming it in a tree, subsequently forgetting I left it there and panicking while trying to find it again.

Tern Link P9

I chose this nine-speed folder as a sturdier and more full-featured alternative to a Brompton because I wanted a light touring bike as well as a commuter. It has survived a 250-mile cycle to Paris, including an accidental six-hour detour, and (perhaps more surprisingly) my travels around London.

Lenovo thinkPad X230

I have a MacBook Pro sitting at home, but it’s the ThinkPad that lives in my bag and comes with me every day. I use it for producing electronic tunes in Ableton, editing video in Premiere and a little animation in After Effects. It’s an indestructible little tank! 

Samplr

My current app jam and an addictive example of how multitouch can enhance an interface. I can load an audio sample in from my H2N field recorder or a synth, and bend and mangle it until it’s something new. A brilliant bit of software.